Farmington woman indicted on charges of sexual assault on juvenile

Thursday

Nov 15, 2012 at 3:15 AMNov 15, 2012 at 10:06 AM

By Samantha Allensallen@fosters.com

FARMINGTON — A Farmington woman has been indicted on four counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault for allegedly inappropriately touching a male juvenile under the age of 16 and forcing him to have intercourse with her.

Laura Faas, 51, of 11 Spring Street, was arrested on Aug. 3 by the Farmington Police Department for two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, one count of felonious sexual assault, one count of witness tampering and one count of false imprisonment, which is classified as a misdemeanor, for reportedly telling the boy not to tell anyone. The child, born in 2001, is now 11 years old.

According to court documents, Faas has now been indicted on the four counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault for what the Strafford County Attorney’s office alleges involved the suspect engaging in a “pattern of sexual assault.” Her bail has been set at $15,000 cash bail, to convert to personal recognizance upon acceptance into the Strafford County Community Corrections program, and she waived her right to an arraignment on Nov. 1 at Strafford County Superior Court.

Documents read Faas touched the juvenile for the purpose of sexual gratification in Strafford sometime between Aug. 30, 2011 and July 28, 2012, and again in Farmington, sometime between Nov. 1, 2008 and Aug, 30, 2011. The child would have been around the age of 7 in 2008. Court documents also allege the woman forced the juvenile to have sexual contact in Farmington, sometime between Nov. 1, 2008 and Aug. 30, 2011, as well as sometime between Aug. 30, 2011 and July 28, 2012 in Strafford.

Aggravated felonious sexual assault is a felony level charge and carries a maximum sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison, as well as a $4,000 fine.

Preliminary reports claimed Faas forced the child down onto a bed on at least one occasion, restraining the child, who is known to her. She allegedly told the boy not to tell anyone about the occurrence “or she would go to jail,” Assistant Strafford County Attorney Tim Sullivan said.

Sullivan said on July 29, the victim went to his father to report cases of sexual encounters with Faas, which Sullivan said served as the basis for these charges. The father immediately contacted Farmington police, who reached out to a local child advocacy center to conduct interviews with the juvenile.

Police Chief Kevin Willey told Foster’s in August police were continuing to investigate whether there were other cases of abuse in Farmington and surrounding communities. He said his department was working in concert with the Strafford County Attorney’s office and its Child Advocacy Center group.

Willey referred to the incident as “tragic.”

Faas has been ordered not to have contact with the adolescent, his father, or any person under the age of 18. A preliminary pretrial conference has been scheduled for Dec. 19.

An indictment is not an indication of guilt; rather, it means a grand jury found sufficient evidence to warrant a trial.